Heel-cap press



March 14, 1939. Q IEN 2,150,523

HEEL-CAP PRES 5 Filed Sept. 50, 1938 I N VEN TOR.

ATZIORNEYS.

Patented Mar. 14, 1939 UNITED srr ATE OFFKIE 3 Claims.

This invention aims to provide a simple but efficient device for holdinga heel cap on the heel of a shoe, during the assembling of the heel capwith the heel of the shoe.

It is within the province of the disclosure to improve generally and toenhance the utility of devices of that type to which the present invention appertains,

With the above and other objects in view, which will appear as thedescription proceeds, the invention resides in the combination andarrangement of parts and in the details of construction hereinafterdescribed and claimed, it being understood that changes in the preciseembodiment of the invention herein disclosed, may be made within thescope of what is claimed, Without departing from the spirit of theinvention.

In the drawing:

Fig. 1 shows in elevation, a device constructed inaccordance with theinvention;

Fig. 2 is a side elevation at right angles to the showing of Fig. 1,parts being in the positions which they will assume during the operationof clamping the heel cap to the heel of a shoe;

Fig. 3 is a section on the line 3-3 of Fig. 1;

Fig. 4 is a section of the stop.

In carrying out the invention there is supplied a first frame 1,comprising parallel side arms 2, provided at their upper ends withconverging pieces 3, which are twisted together as shown at 4, andcontinued to form an eye 5, which is adapted to be detachably assembledwith a hook 6 on any convenient object I, the converging pieces 3forming the upper member of the frame I. By means of securing elements8, the lower ends of the side arms 2 of the first frame I are connectedto a rigid lower member or foot plate 9 equipped with parallel slots Itlocated in planes parallel to the plane in which the arms 2 lie.

The numeral H marks a depending, inwardlyinclined stop having a roundedlower end l2, the stop Hand its end l2 being so constructed that theywill not damage a shoe heel. At its up-.

per end, the stop H has an attaching flange I4, fastened on top of thefoot plate 9 of the frame I by one of the seeming elements 8, and. byany desired number of additional securing elements IS. The stop H isconcaved transversely, as shown at IE, to fit properly, the transversecurve of the shoe heel. A resilient pad ll, which may comprise an upperlayer of leather or the like, and a lower layer of resilient rubber orsimilar material, is secured to the lower surface of the (Cl. l2125)foot plate 9, and the elements 9 and I1 form a heel-engaging part.

A second frame i8 is supplied, the frame l8 being located in a plane atright angles to the plane that is occupied by the first frame I. Thesecond frame It comprises side arms IS, a lower member or cross bar 20,and an upper member or top plate 2|. The arms IQ of the second frame aremounted to move longitudinally and transversely in the elongated slotsIll of the foot plate 9 of the first frame l. The lower member 29 of thesecond frame 58 carries stops 22. An abutment bracket 23 is provided,and its side arms are mounted to swing on the lower member 29 of theframe Ill. The stops 22 prevent the abutment bracket 23' from movinglengthwise of the lower member of the frame IS. The abutment bracket 23includes a head plate 24.

A pressure-exerting device, for example a screw 25, is threaded into thetop plate 2! of the second frame 18. The pressure screw 25 is connectedby a ball and socket joint 26 to a plate-like slide 27. The slide 27 isprovided with slots, like the slots it of the plate 9, and the saidslots of the slide receive the side arms 19 of the second frame l8. Acompression spring 28 is supplied, the upper end of the compressionspring being connected by a securing means 29 to the slide 27. The lowerend of the compression spring 28 is attached by a securing means 30 tothe foot plate 9 of the first frame I.

The screw 25 can be backed out as much as desired, to ease off thepressure on the spring 28. The head plate 26 of the abutment bracket 23is placed against the inside sole of the shoe, and the shoe is swunginwardly, until, as shown in Fig. 2, the heel of the shoe comes intocontact with the stop II. The screw 25 is operated to compress thespring 28, relative longitudinal movement between the frames l and 58will take place, and the pad I 1 will be pressed the more tightly on theheel cap, to hold the cap the more firmly on the shoe heel.

Owing to the fact that the slots H1 in the foot plate 9 are provided,and owing to the fact that the slide 21 has corresponding slots, thepart 24 of the abutment bracket 23 and the pad I! need not be parallel.The device, therefore, accommodates itself readily to shoes wherein, asis usual, the outer surface of the heel cap is not parallel to the innersurface of the rear portion of the sole, an observation which will beunderstood readily when Fig. 2 is noted. The device is simple inconstruction, but will be found thoroughly advantageous and effectivefor the ends in view.

What is claimed is:

1. A device for holding a cap on the heel of a shoe during theassembling of the cap with the heel, the device comprising a loop-shapedfirst frame and a loop-shaped second frame arranged in planesapproximately at right angles to each other, each frame comprising sidearms and upper and lower members connecting the side arms, the lowermember of the first frame constituting a cap-engaging part, and beingmounted to move on the side arms of the second frame, longitudinally onthe side arms of the second frame and transversely thereof, a slidedisposed between the lower-member of the first frame and the uppermember of the second frame and mounted to move on the side arms of thefirst frame, longitudinally on the side arms of the second frame andtransversely of the side arms of the second frame, a compression springinterposed between the lower member of the first frame and the slide, apressure-exerting device adjustably mounted in the upper member of thesecond frame and engaged with the slide, and abutment means carried bythe lower end of the second frame disposed below the cap-engaging partfor cooperation with the inside of the sole of the shoe to the heel ofwhich the cap is to be attached.

2. A device for holding a cap on the heel of a shoe during theassembling of the cap with the heel, the device comprising a loop-shapedfirst frame and a loop-shaped second frame arranged in planesapproximately at right angles to each other, each frame comprising sidearms and upper and lower members connecting the side arms, the lowermember of the first frame constituting a cap-engaging part, and beingmounted to move on the side arms of the second frame, longitudinally onthe side arms of the second frame and transversely thereof, a slidedisposed between the lower member of the first frame and the uppermember of the second frame and mounted to move on the side arms of thefirst frame, longitudinally on the side arms of the second frame andtransversely of the side arms of the second frame, a compression springinterposed between the lower member of the first frame and the slide, apressure-exerting device adjustably mounted in the upper member of thesecond frame and engaged with the slide, and an abutment bracket mountedon the lower member of the second frame, for swinging movement towardand away from the longitudinal axis .of the second frame, to and from aposition beneath the cap-engaging part, the bracket constituting meansfor engaging the inside of the sole of the shoe to the heel of which thecap is to be attached. 3. A device for holding a cap on the heel of ashoe during the assembling of the cap with the heel, the devicecomprising a loop-shaped first frame and a loop-shaped second framearranged in planes approximately at right angles to each other, eachframe comprising side arms and. upper and lower members connecting theside arms, the lower member of the first frame constituting acap-engaging part, and being mounted to move on the side arms of thesecond frame, longitudinally on the side arms of the second frame andtransversely thereof, a slide disposed between the lower member of thefirst frame and upper member of the second frame and mounted to move onthe side arms of the first frame, longitudinally on the side arms of thesecond frameand transversely of the side arms of the second frame, acompression spring interposed between the lower member of the firstframe and the slide, a pressure-exerting device adjustably mounted inthe upper member of the second frame and engaged with the slide,abutment means carried by the lower end of the second frame disposedbelow the cap-engaging part for cooperation with the inside of the soleof the shoe to the heel of which the cap is to be attached, and aheel-stop secured to the lower end of the first frame and inclinedinwardly to extend below the cap-engaging part.

CHARLES L. SIEN.

